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CHAPTER – 2
ANALYSIS OF REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS
2.1.1. The number of publications registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for
India has maintained a rising trend. There were 1,10,851 registered publications as on 31-03-
2016. A total number of 4,007 new publications were registered and 38 publications were
ceased during the period from 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017 there by raising the total numbers to
1,14,820 on 31st March, 2017 showing a net increase of 3.58 per cent over the previous year.
(Table 2.1)
2.1.2. There were total 16,580 registered Dailies and 413 Tri/Bi-Weeklies in 2016-
17, as against 15,723 Dailies and 413 Tri and Bi Weeklies in 2015-16. Total number of
Dailies, taken together with Tri/Bi-Weeklies, has increased by 857 or 5.31 per cent during the
reporting year. (Table 2.1)
2.1.3. State-wise analysis reveals that there has been an increase in the number of
publications in all States and Union Territories except Nagaland and Lakshadweep. (Table
2.4)
2.1.4. The pattern of growth of publications in the country during the last seven
years is given in Table 2.1. It reveals a growth of 3.58 per cent in the total number of
publications published in the country over the previous year.
PROFILE OF NEW PUBLICATIONS
2.2.1. Out of 4,007 publications registered during the period 2016-17, 869 were
Dailies, 1,208 Weeklies, 305 Fortnightlies, 1,353 Monthlies, 136 Quarterlies, 20 Annuals and
116 of other periodicities. (Table 2.2)
2.2.2. In 2016-17, new publications were registered in all the main languages except
Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, and Sindhi. The largest numbers, 2034 were brought out and
registered in Hindi, followed by 313 in Bilingual and 285 in English. (Table 2.2)
CEASED PUBLICATIONS
2.3.1. A total number of 38 registered publications were ceased during the period
2016-17 which includes 31 publications in Maharashtra, 02 each in Uttarakhand and
Jharkhand and 01 each in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Gujarat.
DAILIES
2.4.1. The total number of Daily publications in 2016-17 increased to 16,580 as
compared to previous year’s 15,723 i.e. an increase by 857 in numbers or 5.45 in percentage.
17 Analysis of Registered Publications
The Daily publications were brought out in almost all main languages of the country. Hindi
Dailies topped the list with 7,194. Other languages in which more than 100 Daily
publications were brought out were (i) Urdu (1,897), (ii) Telugu (1,446), (iii) English (1,363),
(iv) Marathi (1,141), (v) Kannada (852), (vi) Gujarati (619), (vii) Tamil (494), (viii) Bilingual
(365), (ix) Malayalam (364), (x) Bengali (193), (xi) Oriya (186) and (xii) Punjabi (183).
(Table 2.3)
2.4.2. Tri or Bi-Weekly publications, which are akin to Dailies in dissemination of
news, totaled 413 with Hindi at the top with 132 followed by English (62), Tamil (46),
Marathi (26), Bilingual (23), Gujarati (19), Bengali (19), Urdu (16) and Punjabi (16). (Table
2.3)
PERIODICALS
2.5.1. A total of 97,827 publications of various periodicities other than Dailies and
Tri/Bi-Weeklies were on the records of the RNI in 2016-17. Out of these, 37,829 were
Weeklies, 35,449 Monthlies, 13,529 Fortnightlies, 6,326 Quarterlies and 846 Annuals.
Weeklies and Monthlies appeared to be more popular, with their total number soaring to
70,736 accounting for 63.81% approx. of the total Periodicals. (Table 2.3)
LANGUAGE-WISE ANALYSIS
2.6.1. Language wise analysis of registered publications shows that publications
were registered in 187 languages and dialects in 2016-17. Apart from English and 22 other
principal languages, listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, publications were
registered in 164 other languages or dialects, mostly Indian and also in a few foreign
languages. (Appendix II).
2.6.2. In 2016-17 also, the same trend can be noticed from the data of previous years
that the highest number (46,587) of publications were registered in Hindi followed by English
(14,365), Marathi (8,618), Gujarati (5,304), Urdu (5,193), Kannada (5,064), Telugu (4,983),
Tamil (4,470), Bengali (3,968) and Malayalam (2,578). (Table 2.3)
2.6.3. Apart from Periodicals, published in one language, there were a significant
number of publications brought out in two or more languages categorized as ‘Bilingual’ and
‘multilingual’. At the end of 2016-17, there were 8,046 ‘Bilingual’ and 1,287 ‘Multilingual’
publications. (Table 2.3)
STATE-WISE ANALYSIS
2.7.1. Uttar Pradesh with 17,736 registered publications retained its top position at
the end of 2016-17. Maharashtra with 15,673 publications came next, followed by Delhi with
(12,721), Madhya Pradesh (10,502), Andhra Pradesh (6,683), Karnataka (6,596), Rajasthan
(6,409), Tamil Nadu (6,332), Gujarat (5,811), West Bengal (5,324), Uttarakhand (3,443),
Kerala (3,285), Orissa (2,052), Bihar (1,951) Punjab (1,919), Haryana (1,843), Chhattisgarh
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(1,498) and J&K (1,075) were among other states having more than 1,000 publications
registered. (Table 2.4)
2.7.2. In the category of Dailies also, Uttar Pradesh maintained its lead, with 3,521
Daily publications followed by Andhra Pradesh (1,773), Maharashtra (1,640), Madhya
Pradesh (1,378), Delhi (1,165), Karnataka (1,042), Rajasthan (867), Gujarat (729), Tamil
Nadu (553), Bihar (545), Uttarakhand (398), Kerala (378) and J&K (326). States having the
publication of 200 or more Dailies were West Bengal (306), Chhattisgarh (294), Punjab
(278), Orissa (243) and Haryana (237). Dailies were published from almost all States and
Union Territories except Lakshadweep. (Table 2.4)
2.7.3. In 2016-17, nearly 63.81 per cent of Periodicals were Weeklies or Monthlies.
The largest number of Weeklies were published from Uttar Pradesh (8,670), followed by
Maharashtra (7,177), Madhya Pradesh (4,196), Gujarat (2,558) Delhi (2,483) Uttarakhand
(2,005) Rajasthan (1,576) Karnataka (1,248) and Andhra Pradesh (1,182). States publishing
more than 500 Weeklies were West Bengal (983), Tamil Nadu (853), Bihar (693), Punjab
(663), Haryana (621), Chhattisgarh (565) and Jammu & Kashmir (508). (Table 2.4)
2.7.4. The largest numbers of Monthlies were published from Delhi (5,305),
followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,851), Maharashtra (3,850), Tamil Nadu (3,604), Uttar
Pradesh (3,018), Karnataka (2,758), Andhra Pradesh (2,579), Kerala (1,890), West Bengal
(1,586), Gujarat (1,543), and Rajasthan (1,216). States from where more than 500 Monthlies
were brought out were Orissa (696), and Punjab (580). (Table 2.4)
2.7.5. The distinction for bringing out the highest number of publications in a single
language went to Uttar Pradesh from where 14,140 publications were brought out in Hindi.
Other states with over 5000 publications in Hindi were Madhya Pradesh (9,629), Rajasthan
(5,650) and Delhi (5,555). (Table 2.5)
CONCENTRATION
2.8.1. The Print Media tends to concentrate in certain important cities and towns,
giving them eminence as major printing and publishing hubs, which can be classified as
under:
(i) Metropolitan Cities (Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai),
(ii) State Capitals (other than the Metropolitan Cities),
(iii) Union Territories,
(iv) Big Cities, (having a population of more than 1,00,000) and
(v) Small Towns. (having a population of less than 1,00,000).
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
2.9.1. At the end of 2016-17, the total numbers of publications registered from the
four Metropolitan Cities were 29,156 accounting for 25.39 per cent of the all India total. State
capitals were publishing 25,017 registered publications or 21.78 per cent of the total. Big
cities published a total of 43,996 publications constituting 38.31 per cent. As many as 12,147
19 Analysis of Registered Publications
publications were brought out from small towns constituting 10.57 per cent of the total
numbers where 4,504 as the Union Territories accounted for the remaining 3.92 per cent
(approx). (Table 2.6)
2.9.2. Out of 16,580 Dailies, a total number of 2,066 Dailies were being brought out
from the Metropolitan Cities and 3,397 from State Capitals. The Big Cities in various States
published 8,187 Daily publications and the Small Towns brought out 1,749. The Union
Territories published only 1,181 Dailies (Table 2.7).
LANGUAGE-WISE ANALYSIS
2.10. Out of the total 14,365 publications in English language, 7,514 (52.30 per
cent) were brought out from the four Metropolitan Cities. Other languages in which a large
number of publications were brought out from the Metropolitan Cities were in Hindi, Tamil,
Bengali, Urdu and Marathi. It was noticed that the Metropolitan-City, Delhi had a sizeable
number of publications in Hindi while other main centers of Hindi publications were Big
Cities and Small Towns other than State Capitals. Publications in Hindi and English were
mainly published from State Capitals. Publications of Hindi, Marathi, English, Gujarati,
Telugu and Bengali as well as Bilingual publications were centered in Big Cities. (Table 2.6)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ESTABLISHED MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO
S.No. Title/ Periodicity/Language/Place Year of Launch
1. Bombay Samachar/ Gujarati Daily/Mumbai 1822
2. Christ Church School/(Bombay Education Society
Magazine)/Bilingual Annual/Mumbai
1825
3. Jam-E-Jamshed/Gujarati Daily/Mumbai 1832
4. The Times of India/English Daily/Mumbai 1838
5. Calcutta Review/English Quarterly/Calcutta 1844
6. Tirunelveli Diocesan Magazine/Tamil Monthly/Tirunelveli 1849
7. The Examiner/English Weekly/Mumbai 1850
8. The Guardian/English Fortnightly/Chennai 1851
9. An Indian/Portuguese Weekly/Margo 1861
10. Kheda Vartman/Gujarati Weekly/Kaira 1861
11. Belgaum Samachar/Marathi Weekly/Belgaum 1863
12. Gujarat Mitra & Gujarat Darpan/Gujarati Daily/Surat 1863
13. Newman’s Indian Bradshaw/English Monthly/Kolkata 1865
14. Pioneer English Daily/Lucknow 1865
15. Amrit Bazaar Patrika/English Daily/Kolkata 1868
16. Sethia Vartaman/Bilingual Monthly/Madurai 1870
17. U.S.I. Journal/English Quarterly/Delhi 1870
18. Indian Witness/English Fortnightly/Delhi 1871
19. Satya Shodhak/Marathi Weekly/Ratnagiri 1871
20. Subodha Patrika/Bilingual Quarterly/Mumbai 1873
21. Bihar Herald/English Weekly/Patna 1874
22. The Statesman/English Daily/Kolkata 1875
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S.No. Title/ Periodicity/Language/Place Year of Launch
23. Satyanadam/Bilingual Weekly/Kochi 1876
24. Sub Staff/English Monthly/Chennai 1876
25. The Hindu/English Daily/Chennai 1878
26. Bharuch Samachar/Gujarati Weekly/Bharuch 1879
27. Prabodha Chandrika/Marathi Weekly/Jalgaon 1880
28. National Christian Council Review/English Monthly/Mysore 1880
29. Achhkni Repeno/Garo Monthly/Meghalaya 1881
30. Kesari/Marathi Daily/Poona 1881
31. Maharatta/English Annual/Poona 1881
32. The Tribune/English Daily/Chandigarh 1881
33. Amaldar/Gujarati Quarterly/Mumbai 1882
34. Simhanad/Marathi Monthly/Mumbai 1882
35. Madras Christian College Magazine/Bilingual Annual/Chennai 1883
36. Musheer-E-Deccan/Urdu Daily/Hyderabad 1884
37. Arya Gazette/Urdu Weekly/Delhi 1884
38. Shree Jain Dharma Prakash/Gujarati Monthly/Bhavnagar 1886
39. Deepika/Malayalam Daily/Kottayyam 1887
40. The New Leader/English Weekly/Bangalore/Chennai 1887
41. Capital/English Weekly/Kolkata 1888
42. Malayala Manorama/Malayalam Daily/Kottayam 1890
43. Murshidabad Hiteshi/Bengali Weekly/Murshidabad 1893
44. Chinnaria Bartabha/Bengali Weekly/Hooghly 1893
45. Madhya Pradesh Sandesh/Hindi Fortnightly/Gwalior 1895
46. Jain Gazette/Hindi Weekly/Ajmer 1895
47. Yuddha Dhuwani/Telugu Monthly/Chennai 1897
48 Khalsa Samachar/Punjabi Weekly/Amritsar 1899
(Present publishing status of most of the publications is not known due to non-
submission of Annual Statements by them)
21 Analysis of Registered Publications
TABLE 2.1 NUMBER OF REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS
(2010-11 TO 2016-17)
Year
(Ending) Dailies
Tri/Bi-
Weeklies Weeklies Others Total
% of growth
over
previous
years
2010-11 10,205 394 27,321 44,302 82,222 6.27
2011-12 10,908 396 28,819 46,631 86,754 5.51
2012-13 12,109 402 31,280 50,276 94,067 8.43
2013-14 13,350 411 33,170 52,729 99,660 5.95
2014-15 14,573 411 34,991 55,468 1,05,443 5.80
2015-16 15,723 413 36,635 58,080 1,10,851 5.13
2016-17 16,580 413 37,829 59,998 1,14,820 3.58
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TABLE 2.2
NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS REGISTERED
DURING 1.4.2016 TO 31.3.2017
(Language & Periodicity-wise)
Language Daily Bi/Tri
Weekly Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Annual Others Total
Assamese 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Bengali 3 0 13 4 6 2 0 2 30
Bodo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English 60 0 42 16 112 22 3 30 285
Gujarati 31 0 98 28 28 1 1 2 189
Hindi 442 0 684 129 672 65 7 35 2034
Kannada 32 0 17 33 95 0 0 2 179
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Maithili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 7 0 3 2 20 3 0 3 38
Manipuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 31 0 170 12 29 8 6 6 262
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odia 6 0 13 10 10 1 0 2 42
Others 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 10
Punjabi 7 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 18
Santhali 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sanskrit 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 14 0 17 12 98 3 0 1 145
Telugu 78 0 19 12 98 1 0 8 216
Urdu 122 0 37 7 15 5 0 1 187
Bilingual 21 0 78 35 152 13 2 12 313
Multilingual 3 0 10 3 12 9 1 8 46
Total 869 0 1208 305 1353 136 20 116 4007
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TABLE 2.3
NUMBER OF REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31.03.2017
(Language and Periodicity wise)
Language Daily Bi/Tri-weekly Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Annual Others Total
Assamese 55 7 111 47 102 17 1 16 356
Bengali 193 19 854 860 1060 647 38 297 3968
Bodo 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Dogri 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
English 1363 62 2042 1247 5593 2031 335 1692 14365
Gujarati 619 19 2425 613 1401 111 18 98 5304
Hindi 7194 132 19848 5852 11243 1600 88 630 46587
Kannada 852 6 961 951 2131 94 4 65 5064
Kashmiri 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Konkani 2 0 6 3 15 3 0 0 29
Maithili 4 0 0 2 3 3 0 3 15
Malayalam 364 9 248 217 1514 115 23 88 2578
Manipuri 21 0 12 5 13 7 0 6 64
Marathi 1141 26 4806 580 1494 231 181 159 8618
Nepali 16 1 91 7 28 18 0 8 169
Oriya 186 3 403 238 535 151 11 48 1575
Others 100 17 107 38 244 81 1 28 616
Punjabi 183 16 464 144 400 47 1 26 1281
Santhali 4 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 13
Sanskrit 22 0 14 10 29 20 0 8 103
Sindhi 14 0 44 11 41 11 0 3 124
Tamil 494 46 593 564 2622 73 14 64 4470
Telugu 1446 5 663 620 2101 58 3 87 4983
Urdu 1897 16 1897 465 767 114 5 32 5193
Bilingual 365 23 1948 920 3535 746 96 413 8046
Multilingual 40 6 289 129 574 145 27 77 1287
Total 16580 413 37829 13529 35449 6326 846 3848 114820
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TABLE 2.4
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31.03.2017
(State/U.T's & Periodicity Wise)
State/UT’s Daily Bi/Tri-
Weekly Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Annual Others Total
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 23 0 31 23 18 2 0 2 99
Andhra Pradesh 1773 9 1182 795 2579 185 8 152 6683
Arunachal Pradesh 10 1 11 0 5 2 0 0 29
Assam 147 20 247 83 165 33 5 27 727
Bihar 545 33 693 182 355 96 3 44 1951
Chandigarh 81 2 142 39 209 53 7 38 571
Chhattisgarh 294 2 565 105 413 87 4 28 1498
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 14 0 7 9 2 0 0 0 32
Daman & Diu 14 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 19
Delhi 1165 59 2483 1550 5305 1219 137 803 12721
Goa 28 0 28 17 53 13 1 6 146
Gujarat 729 17 2558 664 1543 148 11 141 5811
Haryana 237 11 621 303 492 104 10 65 1843
Himachal Pradesh 39 0 126 36 84 35 5 14 339
Jammu & Kashmir 326 4 508 84 105 21 2 25 1075
Jharkhand 130 0 105 55 138 43 1 7 479
Karnataka 1042 17 1248 1127 2758 233 12 159 6596
Kerala 378 10 288 257 1890 229 45 188 3285
Lakshadweep 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 7
Madhya Pradesh 1378 8 4196 496 3851 363 18 192 10502
Maharashtra 1640 54 7177 1157 3850 858 327 610 15673
Manipur 71 3 20 12 49 9 5 13 182
Meghalaya 16 4 35 7 20 6 2 5 95
Mizoram 52 15 41 8 52 9 0 8 185
Nagaland 9 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 25
Orissa 243 4 476 286 696 234 29 84 2052
Pondicherry 16 1 35 18 63 22 1 8 164
Punjab 278 14 663 231 580 75 18 60 1919
Rajasthan 867 22 1576 2359 1216 227 21 121 6409
Sikkim 19 2 84 1 4 3 0 3 116
Tamil Nadu 553 57 853 758 3604 272 46 189 6332
Telangana 200 0 73 58 242 11 2 9 595
Tripura 38 2 83 12 15 5 0 2 157
Uttar Pradesh 3521 24 8670 1390 3018 716 51 346 17736
Uttarakhand 398 7 2005 373 486 102 12 60 3443
West Bengal 306 11 983 1028 1586 908 63 439 5324
Total 16580 413 37829 13529 35449 6326 846 3848 114820
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StateZ - ODISHA
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AF- TELANGANA
AG- TRIPURA
AH- UTTAR PRADESH
AI- UTTRAKHAND
AJ- WEST BENGAL
A - ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
B - ANDHRA PRADESH
C - ARUNACHAL PRADESH
D - ASSAM
E - BIHAR
F - CHANDIGARH
G - CHATTISGARH
H - DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
I - Daman & Diu
J- DELHI
K - GOA
L - GUJARAT
M -HARYANA
N - HIMACHAL PRADESH
O- JAMMU & KASHMIR
P - JHARKHAND
Q - KARNATAKA
R - KERALA
S - LAKSHADWEEP
T- MADHYA PRADESH
U- MAHARASHTRA
V - MANIPUR
W - MEGHALAYA
X- MIZORAM
Y - NAGALAND
REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31.03.2017
(State/U.T's & Periodicity Wise)
(Table 2.3)
29 Analysis of Registered Publications
TABLE 2.5 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31/03/2017
(STATES/UT'S & LANGUAGE WISE)
State/U.T's Assamese Bengali Bilingual Bodo Dogri English Gujarati Hindi
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 7 9 0 0 49 0 16
Andhra Pradesh 2 7 402 0 0 907 5 87
Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 1
Assam 336 132 34 4 0 124 0 31
Bihar 1 7 51 0 0 101 0 1493
Chandigarh 0 0 56 0 0 278 0 138
Chhattisgarh 0 3 53 0 0 41 0 1377
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 3 0 0 6 6 17
Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 6
Delhi 9 38 1608 0 0 4166 18 5555
Goa 0 0 17 0 0 59 1 4
Gujarat 0 1 201 0 0 296 4876 259
Haryana 0 0 193 0 0 167 0 1416
Himachal Pradesh 0 0 42 0 0 51 0 230
Jharkhand 0 6 31 0 0 52 0 323
Jammu Kashmir 0 0 91 0 1 453 0 108
Karnataka 0 0 357 0 0 803 2 80
Kerala 0 2 344 0 0 403 1 15
Lakshadweep 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 0 0 439 0 0 269 4 9629
Maharashtra 2 15 1166 0 1 2559 360 2111
Manipur 0 0 51 0 0 26 0 2
Meghalaya 0 2 13 0 0 29 0 4
Mizoram 0 0 10 0 0 7 0 0
Nagaland 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 0
Orissa 1 1 154 1 0 204 1 43
Pondicherry 0 1 21 0 0 21 2 1
Punjab 0 1 164 0 0 174 0 421
Rajasthan 0 1 438 0 0 193 1 5650
Sikkim 0 0 3 0 0 22 0 5
Tamil Nadu 2 3 787 0 0 1009 4 64
Telangana 0 0 30 0 0 59 0 12
Tripura 0 121 9 0 0 19 0 1
Uttar Pradesh 0 12 825 0 0 860 3 14140
Uttarakhand 1 1 169 0 0 143 2 2990
West Bengal 2 3607 273 0 0 773 10 358
Total 356 3968 8046 5 2 14365 5304 46587
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TABLE 2.5 (Continued)
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31/03/2017
(STATES/UT’S &LANGUAGE WISE)
State/U.T’s Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Multi-
Lingual Nepali
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Andhra Pradesh 11 0 0 0 6 0 9 60 0
Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Assam 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 11 3
Bihar 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 0
Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Chhattisgarh 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Delhi 12 0 0 5 29 0 15 139 12
Goa 4 0 4 0 0 0 35 6 0
Gujarat 0 0 1 0 4 0 25 96 1
Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Jammu Kashmir 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Karnataka 4967 0 16 0 18 0 32 50 0
Kerala 12 0 2 0 2418 0 2 47 0
Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 40 2
Maharashtra 35 0 5 2 42 0 8474 365 11
Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 16 0
Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orissa 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 34 2
Pondicherry 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0
Punjab 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 108 0
Rajasthan 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 35 0
Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
Tamil Nadu 19 0 0 0 42 0 4 68 1
Telangana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Uttar Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 0
Uttarakhand 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 5
West Bengal 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 63 47
Total 5064 5 29 15 2578 64 8618 1287 169
31 Analysis of Registered Publications
TABLE 2.5 (Continued)
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31/03/2017
(STATES/UT’S &LANGUAGE WISE)
State/U.T’s Odia Punjabi Santhali Sanskrit Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu Others Total
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1 0 99
Andhra Pradesh 6 2 1 0 2 11 4455 707 3 6683
Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29
Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 36 727
Bihar 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 252 24 1951
Chandigarh 0 76 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 571
Chhattisgarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 1498
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Daman & Diu 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
Delhi 18 189 0 13 6 19 18 811 41 12721
Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 146
Gujarat 3 0 0 6 25 1 2 14 0 5811
Haryana 0 20 0 2 0 0 0 21 1 1843
Himachal Pradesh 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 2 339
Jharkhand 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 42 8 479
Jammu Kashmir 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 395 7 1075
Karnataka 0 0 0 2 1 50 15 183 20 6596
Kerala 1 0 0 2 0 22 2 0 12 3285
Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 10 9 0 0 86 2 10502
Maharashtra 4 12 0 8 52 43 14 385 7 15673
Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 182
Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45 95
Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 185
Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25
Orissa 1515 2 5 8 1 1 2 8 64 2052
Pondicherry 3 0 0 1 0 103 1 0 3 164
Punjab 1 940 0 1 0 1 1 106 0 1919
Rajasthan 0 5 0 4 22 0 0 29 26 6409
Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 116
Tamil Nadu 2 3 0 2 0 4202 87 20 1 6332
TELENGANA 0 0 0 0 0 1 380 96 13 595
Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 157
Uttar Pradesh 1 7 0 26 6 0 1 1792 30 17736
Uttarakhand 1 9 0 3 0 1 0 92 14 3443
West Bengal 18 8 3 8 0 2 2 119 25 5324
Total 1575 1281 13 103 124 4470 4983 5193 616 114820
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TABLE 2.6
GEOGRAPHICAL CONCENTRATION OF PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31.03.2017
(LANGUAGE AND PLACE-WISE)
Language Metropolitan
City State Capital
Union
Territory
Big
City
Smaller
Towns Total
Assamese 21 149 7 106 73 356
Bengali 1444 175 24 1471 854 3968
Bilingual 2738 1664 286 2762 596 8046
Bodo 2 0 0 1 2 5
Dogri 1 0 0 0 1 2
English 7514 2866 619 2908 458 14365
Gujarati 809 619 80 3162 634 5304
Hindi 8512 12312 2448 17364 5951 46587
Kannada 419 2306 262 1724 353 5064
Kashmiri 1 3 0 1 0 5
Konkani 6 5 0 18 0 29
Maithili 2 0 0 13 0 15
Malayalam 208 493 49 1289 539 2578
Manipuri 0 45 1 11 7 64
Marathi 2065 233 94 5282 944 8618
Multilingual 367 196 41 545 138 1287
Nepali 21 41 2 56 49 169
Oriya 134 345 26 825 245 1575
Others 70 253 19 164 110 616
Punjabi 232 26 79 778 166 1281
Santhali 8 2 0 2 1 13
Sanskrit 24 20 7 43 9 103
Sindhi 28 26 0 58 12 124
Tamil 2712 378 133 1053 194 4470
Telugu 650 915 165 2853 400 4983
Urdu 1168 1945 162 1507 411 5193
Total 29156 25017 4504 43996 12147 114820
33 Analysis of Registered Publications
TABLE 2.7
GEOGRAPHICAL CONCENTRATION OF PUBLICATIONS AS ON 31.03.2017
(PERIODICITY AND PLACE-WISE)
Center Daily Tri/Bi Weekly Weekly Others Total
Metropolitan City 2066 138 11266 15686 29156
State Capital 3397 88 10356 11176 25017
Union Territory 1181 12 810 2501 4504
Big City 8187 109 10818 24882 43996
Smaller Towns 1749 66 4579 5753 12147
Total 16580 413 37829 59998 114820
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TABLE 2.8
CITIES WITH 100 OR MORE PUBLICATIONS
(LANGUAGE & PERIODICITY WISE)
Cities Dailies Weeklies
English Hindi Others Total English Hindi Others Total
Agra 2 45 9 56 2 126 15 143
Ahmadnagar 0 1 22 23 0 1 134 135
Ahmadabad 26 13 80 119 21 21 343 385
Ajmer 0 25 3 28 0 46 23 69
Aligarh 0 28 7 35 4 120 17 141
Allahabad 15 74 20 109 10 70 15 95
Amravati 1 5 32 38 1 19 147 167
Amritsar 0 8 6 14 2 6 68 76
Aurangabad 0 8 62 70 8 28 218 254
Bangalore 30 2 199 231 74 6 380 460
Bareilly 3 29 5 37 3 77 45 125
Baroda 1 3 24 28 3 1 44 48
Bhavnagar 0 0 16 16 0 0 129 129
Bhopal 14 275 20 309 24 1201 30 1255
Bhubaneswar 6 4 41 51 7 0 60 67
Bikaner 0 24 1 25 0 45 0 45
Bulandshaher 0 10 3 13 1 80 17 98
Burdwan 0 0 9 9 0 3 61 64
Chandigarh 17 22 11 50 42 23 44 109
Chennai 34 5 366 405 125 4 614 743
Cochin 3 0 28 31 6 0 29 35
Coimbatore 10 0 19 29 4 0 22 26
Cuttack 3 0 18 21 5 0 46 51
Dehradun 7 108 17 132 29 815 58 902
Delhi 99 416 205 720 268 1121 384 1773
Ernakulum 3 0 24 27 7 0 38 45
Faridabad 0 51 0 51 8 81 5 94
Ghaziabad 0 47 4 51 7 273 15 295
Gorakhpur 0 68 10 78 0 247 13 260
Guntur 0 0 44 44 0 0 45 45
Guwahati 11 6 16 33 10 3 60 73
Gwalior 2 85 3 90 1 162 5 168
Haridwar 2 28 3 33 1 125 1 127
Hyderabad 98 14 300 412 104 13 413 530
Indore 4 76 5 85 3 655 36 694
Jabalpur 1 39 3 43 2 64 6 72
Jaipur 6 162 21 189 12 412 25 449
Jalandhar 6 52 24 82 1 18 37 56
Jammu 51 23 33 107 48 15 104 167
Jhansi 0 28 2 30 0 132 12 144
Jodhpur 1 31 3 35 4 73 6 83
35 Analysis of Registered Publications
TABLE 2.8 (Continued.)
CITIES WITH 100 OR MORE PUBLICATIONS
(LANGUAGE & PERIODICITY WISE)
Cities Dailies Weeklies
English Hindi Others Total English Hindi Others Total
Kanpur 8 84 45 137 10 393 155 558
Khurda 4 0 22 26 5 1 62 68
Kolhapur 0 1 28 29 0 1 104 105
Kolkata 35 44 80 159 107 108 255 470
Kota 0 29 0 29 0 48 0 48
Kottayam 0 0 28 28 2 0 53 55
Latur 0 0 33 33 1 12 144 157
Lucknow 31 526 220 777 61 1655 227 1943
Ludhiana 0 7 29 36 8 28 108 144
Madurai 3 0 25 28 5 0 26 31
Meerut 0 50 7 57 2 396 26 424
Moradabad 1 15 9 25 5 104 29 138
Mumbai 52 69 173 294 287 300 546 1133
Muzaffarnagar 0 30 1 31 0 129 5 134
Mysore 9 0 45 54 6 1 67 74
Nagpur 3 24 28 55 11 66 115 192
Patiala 2 3 41 46 5 14 129 148
Patna 6 188 52 246 12 205 41 258
Pune 11 7 61 79 26 16 251 293
Raipur 3 67 5 75 2 76 4 82
Rajkot 1 0 22 23 0 0 107 107
Saharanpur 2 27 3 32 3 242 30 275
Solapur 0 1 27 28 0 13 218 231
Srinagar 31 1 61 93 29 0 77 106
Surat 5 8 36 49 1 9 65 75
Thane 2 21 44 67 22 103 244 369
Trivandrum 3 0 33 36 3 0 44 47
Ujjain 0 36 0 36 0 201 1 202
Varanasi 2 41 8 51 4 119 10 133
Total 746 3177 3084 7007 1641 10646 7272 22940
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TABLE 2.8 (Continued)
CITIES WITH 100 OR MORE PUBLICATIONS
(LANGUAGE & PERIODICITY WISE)
Cities Others Total
English Hindi Others Total English Hindi Others Total
Agra 14 162 15 191 18 333 39 390
Ahmadnagar 3 3 83 89 3 5 239 247
Ahmadabad 78 37 743 858 125 71 1166 1362
Ajmer 7 186 56 249 7 257 82 346
Aligarh 15 80 36 131 19 228 60 307
Allahabad 100 218 55 373 125 362 90 577
Amravati 3 5 46 54 5 29 225 259
Amritsar 29 26 146 201 31 40 220 291
Aurangabad 15 15 73 103 23 51 353 427
Bangalore 409 26 1519 1954 0 34 2098 7422
Bareilly 5 48 10 63 11 154 60 225
Baroda 34 2 90 126 38 6 158 202
Bhavnagar 3 4 67 74 3 4 212 219
Bhopal 51 1630 119 1800 89 3106 169 3364
Bhubaneswar 33 0 146 179 46 4 247 297
Bikaner 7 188 19 214 7 257 20 284
Bulandshahr 2 73 21 96 3 163 41 207
Burdwan 8 8 249 265 8 11 319 338
Chandigarh 168 48 81 297 227 93 136 456
Chennai 813 52 2731 3596 972 61 3711 4744
Cochin 46 1 121 168 55 1 178 234
Coimbatore 37 0 165 202 51 0 206 257
Cuttack 38 4 314 356 46 4 378 428
Dehradun 44 257 57 358 80 1180 132 1392
Delhi 2120 2405 1598 6123 2487 3942 2187 8616
Ernakulum 73 2 211 286 83 2 273 358
Faridabad 22 57 24 103 30 189 29 248
Ghaziabad 42 175 57 274 49 495 76 620
Gorakhpur 2 90 12 104 2 405 35 442
Guntur 16 0 163 179 16 0 252 268
Guwahati 25 3 98 126 46 12 174 232
Gwalior 6 123 10 139 9 370 18 397
Haridwar 0 39 9 48 3 192 13 208
Hyderabad 385 31 794 1210 587 58 1507 2152
Indore 41 497 88 626 48 1228 129 1405
Jabalpur 9 63 19 91 12 166 28 206
Jaipur 49 926 176 1151 67 1500 222 1789
Jalandhar 11 21 92 124 18 91 153 262
Jammu 46 22 35 103 145 60 172 377
Jhansi 5 64 6 75 5 224 20 249
Jodhpur 33 188 51 272 38 292 60 390
37 Analysis of Registered Publications
TABLE 2.8
CITIES WITH 100 OR MORE PUBLICATIONS
(LANGUAGE & PERIODICITY WISE)
Cities Others Total
English Hindi Others Total English Hindi Others Total
Kanpur 37 304 143 484 55 781 343 1179
Khurda 22 2 125 149 31 3 209 243
Kolhapur 4 2 113 119 4 4 245 253
Kolkata 711 191 1488 2390 853 343 1823 3019
Kota 7 182 9 198 7 259 9 275
Kottayam 31 2 228 261 33 2 309 344
Latur 0 1 24 25 1 13 201 215
Lucknow 123 931 202 1256 215 3112 649 3976
Ludhiana 54 44 195 293 62 79 332 473
Madurai 16 1 215 232 24 1 266 291
Meerut 46 218 44 308 48 664 77 789
Moradabad 6 59 30 95 12 178 68 258
Mumbai 1987 500 1625 4112 2326 869 2344 5539
Muzaffarnagar 34 67 12 113 34 226 18 278
Mysore 20 2 139 161 35 3 251 289
Nagpur 42 51 129 222 56 141 272 469
Nellore 4 0 154 158 5 0 210 215
Patiala 23 9 87 119 30 26 257 313
Patna 35 248 61 344 53 641 154 848
Pune 119 29 527 675 156 52 839 1047
Raipur 3 156 13 172 8 299 22 329
Rajkot 9 0 154 163 10 0 283 293
Saharanpur 10 134 50 194 15 403 83 501
Solapur 1 3 66 70 1 17 311 329
Srinagar 21 1 26 48 81 2 164 247
Surat 3 10 99 112 9 27 200 236
Thane 58 54 126 238 82 178 414 674
Trivandrum 57 1 304 362 63 1 381 445
Ujjain 1 106 7 114 1 343 8 352
Varanasi 23 146 43 212 29 306 61 396
Total 10350 13217 20955 44522 12848 28863 33913 60481